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Finance job opportunities rise post-RC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
Job opportunities in the financial services sector have risen by 10% following the Royal Commission, according to Sunsuper. New data from the super fund indicates the first quarter of 2019 was a strong period for jobs in the finance industry, as figures ...

Australia's wealth takes half trillion hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... of Australians (including owner-occupied homes) is currently around $9.78 trillion. However, in September last year the figure stood at more than $10.2 trillion. The number is now lower than at any point during 2018, and is coupled with a 4.3% drop in ...

Super funds hungry for global stocks, alternatives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
The lion's share of the institutional mandates awarded in Australia last year went to international equities and alternatives manager, the latest Rainmaker Mandate Chaser report shows. Not-for-profit superannuation funds and investment managers handed ...

Financial adviser salaries revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
As the fallout from the Royal Commission continues, financial adviser's salaries are being scrutinised. According to the latest Financial Adviser Salary Guide from Kaizen Recruitment, a senior financial adviser with more than 10 years' experience and ...

Superannuation Guarantee continues to fail employees: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
A new study debunks the myth that blue-collar workers are the occupational group most likely not to receive their superannuation entitlements. Using ATO data from 2015/16, Mercer's Unsupered report reveals of the 397,900 salaried employees who are ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property price falls become self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
"It's in a delicate situation. In terms of general direction, we're not surprised [prices have fallen]... That said, [the] downturn has been a bit bigger." These were the Australian Financial Review's (AFR) quotable quotes from its exclusive ...

Cost of living fears rise: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... research. Almost 60% of female respondents said the rising cost of goods and services was their first financial concern. That figure was about 10% lower for men. The research also indicated women have more fears about their future than men do with almost ...

Banks move to derisk, workforces shrink

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
Australian employment figures and economic outlook could take a hit as major banks move to derisk their businesses by hiving off wealth and financial advice businesses. Westpac has announced it is exiting personal financial advice. Commonwealth Bank ...

Chief economist update: The AUD's resilience

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... These, in effect, are counteracting the AUD as an equilibrating force in the domestic economy. Reminds me of Tantalus, a figure in Greek mythology: "He was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding ...

TAL goes back-to-back at AFA awards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
TAL went back-to-back, winning the Association of Financial Advisers' Life Company of the Year award for a second year running in Sydney recently. The life insurer took home the top gong as Platinum Winner of the AFA Life Company of the Year Award ...